US Midterm Election - 2018

I would like to point out that Trump has ordered a full withdrawal of US troops from a meddlesome and futile war in the middle east on the same day as he signed a criminal justice reform bill specifically designed to reduce the number of people in prison. If a Democrat president had done these things, the left would be wetting themselves in excitement

I would like to point out that Trump has ordered a full withdrawal of US troops from a meddlesome and futile war in the middle east on the same day as he signed a criminal justice reform bill specifically designed to reduce the number of people in prison. If a Democrat president had done these things, the left would be wetting themselves in excitement

oh but CNN's take:

Trump is leaving the fight against ISIS (and influence in the Middle East) to Russia and Iran

I would like to point out that Trump has ordered a full withdrawal of US troops from a meddlesome and futile war in the middle east on the same day as he signed a criminal justice reform bill specifically designed to reduce the number of people in prison. If a Democrat president had done these things, the left would be wetting themselves in excitement

Trump made the decision to bug out on Syria on impulse, ignoring the strong advice of his generals. You can't assume a Democrat (or normal Republican) would have made the same decision.

Same thing with the justice bill. A Democratic president would have signed a more comprehensive version of the bill, so of course they're not enthused about the watered-down Republican version.

"[Randall's] aesthetic poll was more accurate than his political acumen"

Now we just need to pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan. There’s your money for the wall. And the returning soldiers can build it. Or maybe we can use some of the $38 billion dollars in US taxes that is to be given to Israel in military aid over the next 10 years. After all, Israel already has a wall

I would like to point out that Trump has ordered a full withdrawal of US troops from a meddlesome and futile war in the middle east on the same day as he signed a criminal justice reform bill specifically designed to reduce the number of people in prison. If a Democrat president had done these things, the left would be wetting themselves in excitement

Chances are a Democrat President wouldn't also be drowning in legal troubles, be on the cusp of being impeached, and potentially hauled into court for criminal prosecution as soon as his Presidency is over (if indeed the courts wait that long).

In short, if this was all Trump did (get out of Syria and the reform bill), he'd likely receive much praise for it.

But in light of the fact that he's done one or two "good deeds", the competing headline to those good deeds is one which lays out a case of how Trump and his family used the Trump Trust as a personal bank account, and as a result the Trump family (read Donald Trump) has agreed to dissolve the trust rather than go through the scrutiny of a fulsome investigation into Trump and his trust.

The lesson would be that you reap what you sew, and in this case Trump has sewn a life of dishonesty bordering on outright crime ... and combined it with the occasional good deed.

I'm afraid that occasional "good deed" doesn't get much praise in light of the rest of his actions, comments, and innuendos.

Chances are a Democrat President wouldn't also be drowning in legal troubles, be on the cusp of being impeached, and potentially hauled into court for criminal prosecution as soon as his Presidency is over (if indeed the courts wait that long).

I'm worried that Trump pulling the troops out of Syria is to cure the problem of Turkey vowing to begin a war with the Kurds. If Americans remained in place there was a good chance they would come in conflict with Turkish troops. Perhaps the US's need for the use of airbases and munition and supply bases in Turkey caused the pullout announcement. This leaves the Kurds in a very dangerous situation.

Chances are a Democrat President wouldn't also be drowning in legal troubles, be on the cusp of being impeached, and potentially hauled into court for criminal prosecution as soon as his Presidency is over (if indeed the courts wait that long).

But in light of the fact that he's done one or two "good deeds", the competing headline to those good deeds is one which lays out a case of how Trump and his family used the Trump Trust as a personal bank account, and as a result the Trump family (read Donald Trump) has agreed to dissolve the trust rather than go through the scrutiny of a fulsome investigation into Trump and his trust.

Trump has been trying to shut the foundation down for two years, the NYAG prevented him from doing so.

The president had said after the 2016 election that to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest, he would dissolve the foundation. But the attorney general’s office blocked him from doing so amid concerns about the handling of the foundation’s documents and assets.

In fairness Obama supported a very similar bill and it was killed by House Repubs.

I do give Trump some credit. His support forced that toad McConnell to cave and actually allow a massively popular bill to be voted on in Senate. Once Senate was allowed to vote it passed with 49 Dems and 38 Repubs.

If Trump wanted to he COULD be a good president. Since his base is so devoted to him and Repubs in Congress won't cross him, no recent Republican president has been in a more secure position to reach across the aisle and pass bipartisan priorities. IF HE WANTED TO. Sadly he is mostly lazy and corrupt and can't be bothered with the hard work of governing.

FiveThirtyEight shows Trumps approval ratings in the polls among registered/likely voters has pushed from 35% in December of 2017 to 43% in December of this year. Trudeau's approval rating has plummeted from 46% in December of last year to 35% this year.

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